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上墅私立高中2014学年第一学期第一次月考高三年级英语试卷第一部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)第一节：单项填空(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)1. do you enjoy the seafood here?_, but ive got used to it anyway.a. cant like it betterb. not reallyc. not bad actuallyd. im really sorry2. the mid-autumn festival is special holiday for most chinese when whole family will get together.a. the; the b.a; the c. a; a d. the; a3. when _ comes to saving energy, big changes start with small steps , like turning off the lights. a. that b. this c. it d. one4. true happiness does not the possession of money, but the joy of achievement. a. contribute to b. lie in c. result in d. add to5. having lived in china for 8 years, helen has a good _ of both english and chinese a. program b. guidance c. command d. ability6. it is our daily decisions, rather than our abilities, show what we truly are. a. which b. who c. what d. that7. sometimes smiles around the world _ be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry.a. must b. can c. shouldd. would8. about their choice of major, most first-year college students feel much stressed. a. having worried b. worried c. worry d. to worry9. _ parents say and do usually has a life-long effect on their children. a. that b. which c. what d. as10. a 7-year-old boy received an operation on tuesday successfully _ he hasmany other health problems. a. since b. however c. thoughd. therefore11. what did you have for breakfast during your visit to britain? _ but bread and butter. that was the only food they served day in and day out. a. nothing b. everything c. anything d. something12. on top of the hill _, whose style can be traced to the ages of the roman empire. a. there standing a church b. does a church stand c. a church stands d. stands a church13. jessica had intended to go bungee jumping, and on second thoughts, she the plan.a. was canceling b. cancels c. canceled d. has canceled14. it was reported that chinese students feel more stressed from _ exams and heavy schoolwork than those in the other countries. a. frequent b. normal c. occasional d. particular15. _ i explained on the phone, your request will be considered at the next meeting. a. when b. after c. as d. since16. i havent seen dora since she was a little girl, and she has changed beyond _. a. impression b. recognition c. understanding d. judgment17. your sister _ almost all her spare time to studying when she was in high school. thats right, or she _ great success in the college entrance examination. a. devoted; wouldnt have achieved b. spent; wouldnt have achieved c. devoted; hadnt achievedd. hadnt spent; couldnt achieve18. he complained that this was the third time he of the changes of the meeting date. a. would be informed b. was informed c. has been informed d. had been informed19. “its a secret.” he lowered his voice and whispered no one could overhear it.a. in case b. even if c. so that d. as if20. im driving to beijing after breakfast. take care, with all this fog.a. especially b. mainly c. extremely d. really第二节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。21. a. the sameb. interesting c. difficult d. daily22. a. simple b. special c. similar d. different23. a. personalb. ordinary c. meaningful d. traditional24. a. attractiveb. public c. exciting d. quick25. a. thoughtsb. puzzles c. ideas d. secrets26. a. tell b. share c. publish d. solve27. a. instead ofb. as well asc. except for d. besides28. a. blogb. diaryc. report d. web29. a. althoughb. sincec. when d. because30. a. onlyb. alreadyc. still d. never31. a. angryb. sadc. glad d. worried32. a. problem b. doubtc. question d. mistake33. a. boring b. wrong c. mean d. funny34. a. so b. howeverc. therefore d. then35. a. stealb. breakc. write d. read36. a. reasons b. wishes c. shortcomings d. advantages37. a. careb. knowc. think d. ask38. a. prepare b. beginc. respond d. feel39. a. likeb. missc. need d. stand40. a. loseb. stay c. leave d. find 第二部分：阅读理解(第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分)第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。a“everybody loves a bargain.” one persons useless, ugly, or broken object can be another persons bargain. that is why so many americans do not throw things away. they put them outside their houses. they put on a “for sale” sign. and, as simple as that, they have a yard sale. the sellers put a paid announcement in a local newspaper. it tells when and where the yard sale will take place. these sales are very popular during weekends in spring, summer, and autumn. early in the morning, all the things to be sold are carried out of the house. then they sit all day in the sunlight-like tired guests at a party-waiting for someone to take them home. just about anything can be sold at a yard sale. sometimes, there are more clothes than anything else. cooking equipment is also popular. so are old toys, tools, books, tables and chairs. then there are objects called “white elephants”. a white elephant is something you think is extremely ugly or useless. it may be an electric light shaped like a fish. you feel a sharp pain whenever you look at it. to someone else, however, it might be a thing of beauty and joy. some people go to yard sales to find a special thing that they collect. it may be old toy trains, for example, or painting of dogs. experts say more americans are collecting old things now than ever before. most people who go to yard sales, however, are not looking for anything special. they might buy an object simply because it costs so little. they enjoy negotiating(谈判) over prices, even if they really do not need the object. later, they may hold their own yard to sell all the things they have bought.41. what kind of things will go to a yard sale? a. cheap and ugly things. b. things of great value.c. things out of season. d. things people no longer use.42. a white elephant refers to _.a. something disliked by the owners while appreciated by others b. something that can cause a feeling of painc. something sold at the lowest pricesd. a toy shaped like a fish 43. most people go to yard sales to_.a. find valuable paintings b. look for something specialc. find a bargain d. kill their time44. which of the following is not true about a yard sale?a. it may not be held when the weather is very cold.b. it is usually held with a party. c. it can last for a whole day .d. it is held outdoors.45. we can infer from the last paragraph that_.a. most people dont want to go to yard salesb. yard sales only attract those who have a low incomec. things on a yard sale can cost people a lotd. people may find something of great value on a yard saleb imagine, one day，getting out of bed in beijing and being at your office in shanghai in only a couple of hours，and then，after a full day of work，going back home to beijing and having dinner theresounds unusual，doesnt it? but its not that unrealistic，with the development of chinas high-speed railway systemand thats not allchina has an even greater high-speed railway plan to connect the country with southeast asia，and eventually eastern europechina is negotiating to extend its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 10 to 15 years，eventually reaching london and singaporechina has proposed three such projectsthe first would possibly connect kunming with singapore via vietnam and malaysiaanother could start in urumqi and go through kazakhstan and uzbekistan，and possibly to germanythe third would start in the northeast and go north through russia and then into western europeif chinas plan for the high-speed railway goes forward，people could zip over from london to beijing in under two daysthe new system would still follow chinas high-speed railway standardand the trains would be able to go 346 kilometers an hour.chinas bullet train（高速客车），the one connecting wuhan to guangzhou，already has the worlds fastest average speedit covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hoursof course，there are some technical challenges to overcomethere are so many issues that need to be settled，such as safety，rail gauge（轨距），maintenance of railway tracksso，its important to pay attention to every detailbut the key issue is really moneychina is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on domestic railway expansionchina prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources rather than with capital investmentresources from those countries could stream into china to sustain developmentitll be a win-win project for other countries，the railway network will definitely create more opportunities for business，tourism and so on，not to mention the better communication among those countriesfor china，such a project would not only connect it with the rest of asia and bring some much-needed resources，but would also help develop chinas far westwe foresee that in the coming decades，millions of people will migrate to the western regions，where the land is empty and resources unusedwith high-speed trains，people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for alland theyll trade with central asian and eastern european countries46. chinas new high-speed railway plan will be a win-win project because _.a. china will get much-needed resources and develop its western regionsb. china and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various waysc. china will develop its railway system and communication with other countriesd. the foreign countries involved will develop their business and tourism47. according to the passage，the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan is _.a. technical issues b. safety of the systemc. financial problems d. maintenance of railway tracks48. which of the following words best describes the authors attitude towards chinas high-speed railway plan?a. critical b. reserved c. doubtful d. positive49. which of the following might be the best title for the passage?a. new railway standards. b. big railway dreams.c. high-speed bullet trains. d. international railway network c if english means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. havent you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?according to a new study by a british university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. this is the area of the brain which processes information. it is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.the study also found the younger people learn a second language, the greater the effect is.a team led by dr andrea mechelli, from university college london, took a group of britons who only spoke english. they were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. but the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.it means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.professor dylan vaughan jones of the university of wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的),”he said. “you are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”the findings were matched in a study of native italian speakers who had learned english as a second language between the ages of two and 34. reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. the results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.50. the main subject talked about in this passage is_.a. science on learning a second language b. language can help brain powerc. mans ability of learning a second language d. language learning and maths study51. in the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to_.a. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work wellb. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a languagec. to show the importance of using the language when you learn the languaged. say language is also a kind of physical labor52. the underlined word “bilingual” probably means_. a. a researcher on language learning b. an english native speakerc. an active language learner d. a person who can speak two languages53. we may know from the scientific findings that_.a. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the timeb. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one whodoesnt know a second languagec. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on peoples braind. the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density is54. in the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that_.a. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjectsb. learning a second language is the same as studying mathsc. italian is the best choice for you as a second languaged. youd better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language d“what is the most important thing youve done in your life?” the question was put to me during a presentation i gave to a group of lawyers.the answer came to me in an instant. its not the one i gave, because the situation was not right. as a lawyer in the entertainment industry, i knew the audience wanted to hear some amusing stories about my work with well-known people, but heres the true answer:the most important thing ive ever done occurred on october 8,1990. i began the day playing tennis with an old friend i hadnt seen for a while. between points we talked about what had been happening in each others lives. he and his wife had just had a baby boy, who was keeping them up at night. while we were playing, a car came screaming up the road toward the courts. it was my friends father, who shouted to my friend that his baby had stopped breathing and was being rushed to the hospital. in a flash my friend was in the car and gone, disappearing in a cloud of dust. for a moment i just stood there, paralyzed(呆若木鸡). then i tried to figure out what i should do. follow my friend to the hospital? there was nothing i could accomplish there, i convinced myself. my friends son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing i could do or say would affect the outcome. be there for moral support? well, maybe. but my friend and his wife both had large families, and i knew theyd be surrounded by relatives who would provide more than enough comfort and support, whatever happened. all i could do at the hospital, i decided, was to get in the way. also, i had planned a full day with my family, who were waiting for me to get home. so i decided to head back to my house and check in my friend later. as i started my car, i realized that my friend had left his truck and keys at the courts. i now faced another problem. i couldnt leave the keys in the truck. so i decided to go to the hospital and give him the keys. when i arrived, i was directed to a room where my friend and his wife were waiting. as i had thought, the room was filled with family members silently watching my friend comfort his wife. i went in and stood by the door, trying to decide what to do next. soon a doctor appeared. he approached my friend and his wife, and in a quiet voice told them that their son had died. for a long time the two held each other and cried, unaware of the rest of us standing around in pained silence. after they had calmed themselves, the doctor suggested they spend a few moments with their son. my friend and his wife stood up and walked past their families. when they reached the door, my friend saw me standing in the corner. he came over and hugged me and started to cry. my friends wife hugged me, too, and said , “thanks for being here.” for the rest of that morning, i sat in the emergency room of that hospital and watched my friend and his wife hold the body of their infant son, and say goodbye. its the most important thing i have ever done. the experience taught me two lessons. first: the most important thing ive ever done happened when i was completely helpless. none of the things i had learn